Long-term effects of tillage and fallow-frequency on soil quality attributes in a clay soil in semiarid southwestern Saskatchewan

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 46, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 135-144

  Campbell, C A ^a   McConkey, B G ^a   Biederbeck, V O ^a   Zentner, R P ^a   Curtin, D ^a   Peru, M R ^a  

^a SWIFT CURRENT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

C and N mineralization; Microbial biomass; Organic C and N; Soil quality; Specific respiratory activity

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; CLAY SOIL; FALLOW; SOIL PROPERTY; TILLAGE;

CANADA, SASKATCHEWAN;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0032474533     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-1987(98)00027-0     Document Type: Article

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